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Right searched and searched but just wondering if it's a coincidence. Yesterday I cleaned the hell out of the inside of my car including wet vaccing all the carpets and headlining. And now my car won't lock. Locks then instantly Opens. Could I of knocked something? Checked the centralocking control box under the rear seat and all seems normal.
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I had the same problem last night turns out I hadn't shut the driver side door properly haha
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Haha if only my problem was that simple haha
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Check the boot lock solenoid
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What am I checking and where
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In the boot the solenoid gets sticky and causes fault you got. Happened in a couple of my 306's I've owned over the years. Might be lucky and all it will take is some grease. Other thing to check is front door looms
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Could be door loom aswell, thats what happened to mine
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I'm hoping it's not the loom. Just seems a coincidence that it's happened after I've cleaned the hell out the inside
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Tried it again today? If something's got wet it'll probably be ok after drying out. However this is usually a sign of a broken loom!
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Yeah its the same today but I suppose with cold weather it may take time. Carpets and roof lining and seats are bone dry mind
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Seriously do bother mines mint. My wife got me it for Xmas. The amount of crap that comes out is unreal. If it's not related to the wet vac then I say go for it. I did a lot of hovering under the rear seats which led me to think I'd damaged a wire to the control box but all seems fine.
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Yeah I know how good the results can be as I done the house carpets with a borrowed commercial one a couple of years ago! And I see they go cheap (like a tenner collected) on ebay all the time, but never any locally lol.
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That was the case with me and my wife got sick of me winging about none being local so she bought me one from argos